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Henry Spencer (Psych) (gone_fishing) wrote in syncraticsd,
@ 2008-10-14 15:19:00

Entry tags:

henry spencer, logan echolls

Who: Henry Spencer, Logan Echolls, later Tesla Spencer?
When: This morning/early afternoon.
Where: The house.
What: A chat.
Warnings/Status: Nothing probably. In Prog.

Tesla had come downstairs an hour later than usual, looked groggier than usual and said less than usual while Henry dealt out breakfast, asking about Logan. Kept his to the side, decided the kid more than deserved to sleep in for a while, and once Tess and Shawn were done and Shawn went off to go out with Gus, Henry dug out ten bucks and asked his daughter to run to the farmer's market and pick up some fruit, knew that would take her a while, since she was well versed in what was good and bad in both hers and Shawn's taste, and she thoroughly examined everything before buying it.

He cleaned up his and the kids' dishes and took them to the sink and filled it with water, pausing reflectively as he waited for the warm, suddy water to rise. What the hell was he thinking? He knew the kid was trouble, knew what Lamb and everyone said, and still, he felt bad for him, and he knew Tesla agonized over him when she didn't know if he was all right or not. He sighed, shutting off the tap, grabbed a plate to start scrubbing off the egg and pancake syrup.

The sound of feet on the stairs shook him from his thoughts and he stepped into the kitchen doorway to peak over at them while drying the plate he'd just been washing, managed a pleasant smile. "Well it's nice to see you've finally rolled out of bed." Nodded over as he spoke. "There's breakfast on the stove, you can use the microwave to warm it up, if you'd like. How did you sleep?"

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epicbadboy
2008-10-14 03:53 pm UTC (link)

Logan woke up and there was no Tess. He rolled over, groaned slightly at the pain in his head and slowly sat up. Tess's room, warm from the morning sun, and Logan squinted, vaguely remembered flicking beer bottles over the edge of the railing, remembered Tess driving home, her and Henry putting him to bed. Logan thought about, then decided specifically he didn't want to address the gaping hole that was Lynn's betrayal. Not right then. Least needed a cup of coffee first.

He was still dressed, except for shoes and hoodie, couldn't find his shoes but wrapped himself in his hoodie, needed the extra defense before he went downstairs. At the bottom of the stairs Henry appeared in the kitchen doorway, and Logan bent his attention to the bannister, fidgeted with the knob there.

He shrugged at Henry's question, couldn't really look the man in the face. Logan hadn't spoken face to face with Henry since the sex tapes had disappeared. "Don't remember much. I think it was less sleep and more... unconsciousness. Sorry... sorry for being a pain in the ass." He brushed quickly by Henry into the kitchen, found the plate of eggs and pancakes and sat at the table.

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gone_fishing
2008-10-14 04:14 pm UTC (link)

Henry sighed deeply at his demeanor, and response, went back to washing the morning's dishes. "Hey look, kid, if you were any problem you wouldn't be here, all right?" Shut the water off, letting the pan he had cooked in soak, wiped his hands on a towel. "I don't know if Tess told you, but you're welcome here as long as you need, 'til you turn 18 or whatever. I don't mind havin' someone here that can look out for little miss, 's not like I can expect Shawn to."

Watched him a moment and shrugged. "Real sorry, you know, 'bout your mom. She was always a really nice lady." Went back to scrubbing the pan, didn't want to upset him at all, and could tell he wasn't really up to talk to him. "Tess should be home soon, sent her to pick up a few things."

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epicbadboy
2008-10-14 04:55 pm UTC (link)

"Okay." Logan picked up a fork, started fiddling with the pancakes, forced down a cold egg. Stared at Henry's back at the sink as he chewed. "She was nice, my mom." Swallowed egg, the yolk slimy on his tongue. "Fucking brave, too. This one Christmas Aaron... pulled his usual shit, ya know? Held me down, was forcing these pears from some gift basket down my throat cause I needed to show some appreciation for my gifts, ya know? And I'm choking and suddenly my mom's there, this stupid little cheese knife she's using, totally backs Aaron the fuck off. She did that. For me." He'd been watching the set of Henry's shoulders as he talked, wasn't even sure why he was talking, but the story had been just inside his mouth ever since he'd read the note. Just to emphasize what exactly Lynn had been sorry for, and her absolute, unforgivable betrayal. "So, yeah. Nice. She's a fucking bitch."

Pushed his pancakes around some again, considered eating another egg. Covertly watched Henry. "Anyway," he said, pushing past everything he'd just said. "I... I appreciate the offer, Mr. S, but, um... my birthday's in a couple of months... I dunno." He shook his head, rubbed his face.

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gone_fishing
2008-10-14 05:07 pm UTC (link)

Henry didn't turn to him as he listened but he frowned deeply, finished cleaning the pan and set about drying it to put it away, finally looked at the kid, just looked at him for a moment. He wasn't as bad a kid as people talked like he was, Henry knew that because the kid had been willing to stay away from his daughter when he was asked to. Had been respectful to him even when he disagreed, so Henry, regardless of having watched him fuck his daughter on one of those God awful tapes, liked the kid.

God forbid. He sighed and put the pan in the cupboard, walked over to sit at the opposite end of the table. "Your dad's an asshole, Logan. I know he's your dad and you care about him but it doesn't mean you have to agree with what he did. What he did to you and your mom and your friends, what he did to everyone around him was wrong. I'm not saying your mom's a hero for. .all this. She's not, suicide is usually cowardly, but me and you don't know exactly what she was thinking, so who are we to judge, you know?"

Henry took a sip of his cooling coffee. "Look, I really don't care at all, okay? You're not a nuisance, and I know if I send you away Tess will probably take off somewhere, and that scares me. She's tough, she's learned from me but she's a 16 year old girl, and she's pretty." Gestured that Logan should know where he was getting. "I'm not home a lot as it is, if you want to stay, you're welcome to stay and if not, I can help find you some place, but you should at least wait until your birthday, you'll get your inheritance and be able to afford living on your own. I won't send you nowhere empty handed."

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epicbadboy
2008-10-14 08:31 pm UTC (link)

Logan struggled for a moment, trying to address everything that Henry told him at once, finally gave up. "Thank you," he said quietly. "Need a port in a storm for a while, ya know? Before Lynn did the whole--" He gestured vaguely with his hand. "We were talking about filing emancipation papers, get myself legally declared an adult." He rubbed his neck again, fiddled with the fork. "And my birthday not very far away. Huh. I don't know."

He shoved cold pancakes into his mouth, thinking over Henry's words. Suicide is cowardly. Sure, he could see that. Lynn had always been about running, using booze, pills, week long binges where no one knew where she was. Logan could believe this of Lynn. He quirked an eyebrow, thinking suddenly of Tess, their nights in the poolhouse. Leaned back and fixed Henry with a playful look. "So, do I get my own room, or should I double up with Tess?"

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gone_fishing
2008-10-14 09:01 pm UTC (link)

Henry, despite knowing that this was the point most men throttled the little bastards couldn't stop a smile, sighed. "You're going to have to double up with Tess, even I won't stick you with Shawn, I''m not trying to kill you." He winked a little. "Just no monkey business. .when the whole house is in bed, or best yet, when I'm in the house." Much better, he nodded in approval of what he said, leaned back in his chair when he heard Tess pull up in the gravel outside.

"Speak of the devil." Stood to walk to the counter and clear room for her bags, then grabbed a mug from the cupboard and filled it with hot coffee, walked to set it in front of Logan as the sliding door opened and his daughter breezed in with her produce. "Hey hey! Your shoes are muddy, I just washed the floor."

ooc: Tag order now, Tess, Logan, Henry.

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futureofficer
2008-10-14 09:14 pm UTC (link)

"I'm workin' on it, sheesh!" User her shoe to push off the other, then the rub to maneuver the second one and hurried to set the brown bags of fruit and veggies on the counter, moved to wash her hands. "Nancy closed her stand last month, they said, had to ger Avery's pineapple and it was freaking expensive." Dried them and moved to where Logan sat, wiggled his chair out a bit to sit on his lap, sliding her arms around his shoulders.

"Hi, let's make Henry feel awkward." Giggled a little, kissed him lightly and settled her head on his chest after stealing a little chunk of pancake. "Tank's full, Dad. And any and all trace's of the smell of beer are gone." Tossed him his keys.

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epicbadboy
2008-10-15 11:00 pm UTC (link)

Logan smiled as Tess plopped down on him, wrapping one arm around her waist and nuzzling briefly into her hair. "Nah, let's not drive your father crazy just yet. He's okay with me staying here, until I figure things out. You okay with that?" He gave her a grin, kissed her lightly back. "Which means you'll have to throw out all your other boyfriends." Logan gave a look to Henry, face briefly unguarded and for once feeling a bit more secure. "Thanks, Mr. Spencer. I just need time to find my feet again."

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gone_fishing
2008-10-15 11:06 pm UTC (link)

Henry was caught smiling over at them, stumbled, debating covering it or just letting it slide the once, sighed and shrug. "Yeah well, Tess's mother was her age and I was yours when we met, and we got marries a year later. I know better than anyone there won't be any stopping it." Set his mug in the sink. "As for you staying, don't rush it, trust me, it's not as great living on your own as you might think. You're welcome."

Gave his shoulder a pat, flicking Tess playfully on the nose before kissing the top of her head. "I gotta go to work, don't forget to call the Sheriff this evening. Take it easy Logan, Tess knows how to get a hold of me if the need arises." Smiled at them before grabbing his holster and heading out the sliding door.

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futureofficer
2008-10-15 11:18 pm UTC (link)

Tess rubbed her nose, wrinkling it at her father before he left, turning back to drape her arms over his shoulders, smiled at him. "Course I don't mind, I was practically living with you in the pool house." Another little kiss, ran her fingers through his hair. "You look a lot better, I was really worried about you. No more late night bridge trips, okay? You could have stumbled and fallen and. . .I just couldn't handle that."

Kissed the spot between his nose and lips gently, nuzzled her nose to his, thumbs caressing his cheekbones. "So yeah, no job hunting today, just a lazy day with you, whatever you wanna do, even if you wanna just curl up and be emo, I'm all yours." Settled her arms around his neck again, pressing her forehead to his shoulder, holding him gently. "Love you. Forever."

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epicbadboy
2008-10-16 08:12 am UTC (link)

"Me? Emo?" He shook his head, made a face. "I'm allergic to eyeliner." The joke coming automatically, even as he put his other arm around Tess to pull her closer. He was quiet, listening to her breath, the sounds of the house. "I wouldn't do that to you, Tess." He kissed the top of her head. "Would not leave you like that. Ever."

He brushed the back of his hand over her cheek, gently tipped her face up to kiss her. "I need to figure out what happened to my car. Also... talk to the sheriff about... searching for Lynn. Why you talking to the great and mighty Lamb today?"

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futureofficer
2008-10-16 08:26 am UTC (link)

She smiled at him, kissing him again before responding. "Henry had it towed here last night," motioned outside with her thumb. "It's perfectly safe and unharmed out front." Another little kiss and a sigh. "He's got a crush on me or something, stroking his ego will improve my chances of graduating this year instead of next, getting started at the academy early."

She shrugged, fingers and palms still caressing his face, neck and shoulders. "Not even all that sure I want to go but I can't tell Henry that, he'd be so bummed out and he's been so cool about everything what with Mom leaving. ."Trailed off and shrugged. "You need me to get up huh?" Kissed his nose, swung her leg and stood from his lap. "Phone is over there."

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